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Summary: One of the Best
Review: This movie is one of the greats. It havs the best two elements that a movie can have sex and comedy!! I personally loved this movie and if you see it you will say the same!!
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Summary: The movie "STRIPES" summed up: Hilarious!
Review: The movie "Stripes" is like one of Bill Murray's best movies out there. Other than "Ghostbusters" it's my favorite Bill Murray movie out there.
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Summary: Great movie with a great cast.
Review: This movie was great from start to finish. It had great cast Including "Ghostbusters" Bill Murray, Harold Ramis (Ghostbusters, Analyze This), Warren Oates,John Candy and Dave Thomas. The plot gets especially interresting when Murray and Ramis steel the new government vehicle and their platoon goes after them and gets captured. So its up to Murray and Ramis to take a trip behind the Iron Curtain to get them out. Co-scripted by star Harold Ramis and directed by Ivan Reitman.
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Summary: Bill Murray's funniest film ever.
Review: People think "Ghostbusters" was Bill Murray's best film, but they forget about this hilarious classic. Granted, it is sort of a man's movie, but I know of several ladies who appreciated its slapstick humor and general goofiness. I never served in the armed forces, but it was still a gut-wrencher right from the start. Also stars John Candy, John Laroquette and Harold Ramis (all of whom weren't that well known back in '81). This film will not disappoint!! Grab a cold beer and a few friends - you will all laugh yourselves silly watching these clowns try and handle girls, the Russians and Uncle Sam.
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Summary: A classic...must be seen
Review: This was a great movie in the early Eighties. Bill Murray gives one of his first and funniest performances. Still holds up great today, even after repeated viewings.
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Summary: The Way the Army wasn't, isn't, and won't ever be.
Review: A classic movie. The main character role was perfect for Bill Murray. The movie is funny, yet oddly inspiring. Murray's speech to motivate the troops is inspiring to all Americans and the march the platoon does could put a smile on anyones face. A must see for anyone who has been through the service.
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Summary: hilarious!!!
Review: Stripes is Bill Murray's best beside's Ghostbusters,He is in top notch here,Ramis fits in well.John Candy is great as Dewey Oxburger. The film is rated ''R'' for the nudity and some language.So kids should not see it.
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Summary: MILITARY LIFE WAS NEVER LIKE THIS!!!
Review: Learn the meaning of the word looser when you meet up with these two buddies who join the Army for lack of a better life. Discover why "Lighten Up Francis'" "...no, never convicted...", "no, but we are willing to learn" and "...you mean like, flaming?" became popular phrases. Also stars John Candy and Judd Hirsh
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Summary: Lighten up, Francis...
Review: I'm a bit perplexed by the reviews criticizing this movie because of its unrealistic depiction of the Army. Do these same people complain that "Animal House" doesn't accurately display college life or that "Vacation" isn't what a family trip across the country is really like? (Hey, I live in St. Louis and could easily take exception to the outright offensive inaccuracies in "Vacation", but I still love the movie!) This is a comedy, folks. It's not "Saving Private Ryan" or "Band of Brothers", and it never claims or tries to be. It uses exaggeration and absurdities to make us laugh. It isn't striving for realism, although to its credit, I have heard plenty of people say that this is the best movie they've ever seen at giving you the feel for what its like going into the service, and that their own drill instructor was identical to Sgt Hulka.The first half of this movie is just about the funniest comedy ever made. Bill Murray and Harold Ramis are the perfect slobs with shiftless lives who try to maintain what's left of their dignity by enlisting in the Army. Their chemistry is wonderful and they truly are believable as out-of-shape but likable losers. Virtually every line and every character is memorable (Psycho, Ox, Cruiser, that lady in the cab, John Laroquette, and of course Russell and Winger), and this has to be the most quotable movie in history. No, John Candy would not have spoken to a superior officer that way when he gets off the bus (or at least not have gotten away with it), but that's what's so funny about it! And speaking of Sgt. Hulka, Warren Oates should have been given an Oscar nomination for this role. He's the high point of the movie for me, and his intense, over the top performance reminds me of Robert Shaw in "Jaws"- some actors are so good that they can chew scenery and get away with it. So for the first half of the movie, there's not an unfunny moment. Maybe basic training isn't like this, but the scenes are so well-done that a generation of adolescent guys has grown up thinking that it is and have no doubt gone into the military with this movie in the back of their minds. The second half of the movie sort of devolves into a bearable but not great action movie, with its contrived plot about the stolen military RV and the rescue mission across the Czech border. Still, the same characters are present and continue to sustain the movie until the end. Great music, too- I don't think this has ever been issued as a soundtrack but it contains one of the most memorable themes ever written for a movie. The DVD itself is passable- no extras, somewhat grainy video, unspectacular sound. But we surived watching it over and over again on basic cable with plenty of edits and subpar picture quality, so I can't complain too much. I suppose someday it will be given a "Special Edition" with a commentary and a retrospective from the stars, but the movie stands on its own without anything fancy.
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Summary: Stripes 5 Stars For DVD (1 Star for Regular TV Broadcasts!)
Review: Just buy the DVD or tape or what have you or try to catch it on the premium cable stations. DO NOT watch STRIPES on COMEDY CENTRAL or TBS or TNT or other network broadcasts because it is always butchered beyond recognition. When shown on COMEDY CENTRAL, there's a commercial every ten minutes and the whole rhythm of the film suffers. Otherwise this is a classic Bill Murray vehicle that's funny from the beginning to the very end. The film features the late John Candy and the late Warren Oats (who is excellent as Sgt Hulka), Sean Young (before she went psycho), and Harold Ramis (Murray's co-star on GHOSTBUSTERS, director of GROUNDHOG DAY). NOTE: Classic Scene(s)- The "Graduation Drill Excercise" with Murray leading the platoon to synchronized perfection; Bill Murray and Harold Ramis leading the platoon to march to the lyrics of Manfred Mann's "DO WAH DIDDY DIDDY"; the "Urban Assault Vehicle"; and Harold Ramis (as Russel) teaching foreignors to speak English.
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